Bangladesh V New Zealand World T20 Preview – Match 28

The match is Bangladesh's last shot at taking something back home after three straight defeats.

A buoyant New Zealand will look to maintain its perfect record the ICC World Twenty20 2016 when it takes on a demoralised Bangladesh, which has lost all its three matches so far, in Kolkata on Saturday (March 26) in the final Super 10 Group 2 game for either side.

But Kane Williamson's side will want to keep its momentum going before it enters the tournament's last-four.

Williamson has so far relied on spin, with Trent Boult and Tim Southee – New Zealand's main strike bowlers – left to warm the bench as Nathan McCullum, Ish Sodhi and Mitchell Santner in the first game, and only the last two in the other games, have led the attack.

Martin Guptill, who top scored with 80 in Tuesday's win over Pakistan, said New Zealand would not necessarily stick to the same lineup but would wait to see what the Eden Gardens pitch had in store.

Guptill said New Zealand was enjoying its cricket and there was no reason why it couldn't finish the group with an all-win record. “We've got a mindset of being aggressive and just going out to have a bit of fun,” he said. “At the moment, everyone is having fun playing cricket, and we are playing some good cricket together, putting in some good performances. If we can do that again against Bangladesh, who knows, we can go through unbeaten.”

After his team missed out despite needing two runs from three balls against India, Mashrafe Mortaza, the Bangladesh captain, has to pick his team up.

“It's always difficult to take something from it (a close defeat) to another match,” he said after losing to India. “But obviously being professional players we have to take it and play hard cricket in the last match. Obviously if we can do something there then we can take something back home.”